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At around 10:45 a.m. AKST on February 10, [4] [10] the object was shot down by an AIM-9X Sidewinder fired by an F-22 Raptor from JBER, marking the model's second air-to-air kill. [10] [11] [12] President Joe Biden ordered the shootdown, out of what Kirby called an "abundance of caution".
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft.As a product of the United States Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was designed as an air superiority fighter, but also incorporates ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence capabilities.
The F-22's crash site was found about 100 miles north of Anchorage near the town of Cantwell, Alaska. The pilot, of the 525th Fighter Squadron , was killed in the crash. [ 15 ]
The F-22 is considered the top US air superiority fighter, known for stealth, speed, and agility. F-22 pilot Maj. Samuel Larson captivates audiences with daring displays in the fifth-gen fighter.
Aug. 8—Update, Saturday, 10:00 p.m. Authorities were able to reach a steep and heavily treed area near Ketchikan Saturday afternoon to conduct recovery efforts where a flightseeing plane had ...
NORAD ordered a USAF F-22 to down the object in Canadian airspace, marking the fighter's third air-to-air kill. [16] The object was shot down at 3:41 a.m. local time. [ 17 ] The object will also be investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation . [ 5 ]
Recovering the bodies of two men killed earlier this month in a plane crash in a ravine cannot be performed safely, officials at Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve said. “If and when ...
USAF Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor, 06-4125, of the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3d Wing, crashes in Alaska near Susitna Lodge, killing pilot Capt. Jeffrey Haney, from Clarklake, Michigan. [74] [75] 20 November Two people were taken to Pensacola Naval Hospital for evaluation after landing a USAF Beechcraft T-6 Texan II with the landing gear up.